Friday, October 5, 2012

Head Over Heels DIY Friday: Spooky Edition

In honor of the scariest month of the year, I decided to go with a spooky themed DIY post each Friday this month. With that I'm also thinking that I will just make my Friday series officially "Head Over Heels DIY Friday". So you can always expect something DIY related at the end of the week!

This week, me and a couple buddies put our heads together and came up with something bone-chilling...

... and yes, I know that was cheesy but I just had to :)

Anyway I found these skulls at Target for just $5.00! I thought that was a steal and I figured I could make a scary Grim Reaper out of one!

All I used was a men's suit hanger, an old black pillowcase, an old black window shade, and black gauze we had from last Halloween.

I used the pillowcase to form the "body" of the Grim Reaper. I cut a hole at the sewn end of the case and inserted the hanger inside allowing the hook to come out of the hole I made.

To attach the skull to the hanger (which is kind of the neck I guess?) I used scissors to cut into the plastic skull. I could tell the bottom was hallow because it had a little circle mark on the underside, so that is what I stuck the scissors in. Once the hole was made I inserted the hanger into the skull.

﻿I used some thick athletic tape stuff to get the skull to prop up on the hanger. It is kind of like a mini neck brace I guess? To hang the whole Grim Reaper I just took an old wire hanger and bent it into shape while hooking the end under the men's suit hanger (which is the Grim Reaper's body/shoulders).

Once that was done I draped the old window shade around the Reaper's shoulders and draped the black gauze over top of the skull.

Not bad for only spending $5.00 on the skull right? I thought it looked totally creepy and so did our pup Sadie, she kept barking at it once I hung it up! Which gave me a great idea...

Alex wasn't home from work yet and I thought it would totally scare him if I hung it in the doorway of the garage! So, I ran out to hang it up minutes before he was expected to arrive home...

It totally looks like a person out there right?

When I saw Alex pull up I quickly ran out to take a video. I sat nearby waiting eagerly to see if the Grim Reaper would scare Alex, and well... it was SUPER disappointing. Apparently Alex doesn't scare very easily at all and now I think I've started something that is only going to end with him getting back at me- but I DO scare easily.

Anyway, if you want to see the disappointment here is the video I took. You can really just hear Sadie getting all excited because Alex is home...

Ugh, it was such a bummer :( To end on a positive note, at least Rocco was a sport about my Spooky DIY creation!

Sadie, not so much. As usual this one wouldn't cooperate with my photo shoot direction...

I will have to share your directions with my daughter, Meg. She and her husband love Halloween and go all out with decorating, she will love this! I love your babies, they are so precious. I can never get any of mine to cooperate with picture taking.